Hong Kong to train young construction workers  

港府“砸重金”培养建筑业新血 青年学员增五成

香港建造业议会主席李承仕近日接受中新社专访时表示，为应对香港即将到来的建筑业高峰，改善香港劳动力老化问题，香港政府同建造业议会已投入超过3.2亿(港币，下同)用于吸引和培养35岁以下本地年轻劳动力，并协同承建商共同培育新人。

Hong Kong (CNS) -- To cope with an upcoming boom in the construction sector, a fund of 320 million Hong Kong dollars will be used to train local laborers aged 35 and under, said Lee Shing-see, chairman of Hong Kong's Construction Industry Council (CIC), earlier this week.

The fund is co-invested by the Hong Kong government and the CIC, Lee said, adding that until now the council has seen a 50 percent growth in their training programs for young students.

Among Hong Kong's registered 290,000 construction workers, 40 percent are older than 50.